Digital media conglomerate Starboard said on Friday it has bought Parler for an undisclosed sum and will temporarily shut down the social media app popular with conservatives to give itself time to roll out a revamped version of the platform. The move comes months after the collapse of a deal that would have seen American […]
Billionaire musician Kanye West is buying Parler, the free speech-championing social media app that rose to prominence amid allegations that rival Twitter was suppressing conservative voices. Parler, which bills itself as “the world’s pioneering uncancelable free speech platform,” announced the purchase agreement in principle in a press release on Oct. 17, the same day that […]
Former U.S. first lady Melania Trump will use Parler for exclusive communications and make the platform her “social media home,” the company said on Wednesday. Parler, a new social media service had also spearheaded the launch of her non-fungible token (NFT) and blockchain technology venture in December. Former President Donald Trump, who was barred from […]
John Matze, founder and former CEO of Parler, joins us to discuss some big changes at Twitter. First, Twitter broke Twitter when founder and CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down without warning after 16 years. His replacement is Chief Technical Officer Parag Agrawal, who’s been with the company since 2011. Agrawal hadn’t been very much in […]
Former President Donald Trump wants Google, Facebook, and Twitter to allow him back on their platforms and compensate him for his losses. In a new lawsuit, Trump says that Big Tech is working hand in hand with the U.S. government, specifically the Democrat-aligned part of the government, to suppress him. He argues that makes the platforms […]
The social media platform Parler is back online, a month after it was removed from the Apple and Google Play store and disconnected from Amazon’s web hosting service following the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Parler’s new interim CEO, Mark Meckler, discusses Parler’s relaunch and his vision for creating a new tech ecosystem […]
Former President Donald Trump is considering joining a new social media platform but stated he might create his own—coming after he was suspended by Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other Big Tech websites last month. In an interview with Newsmax on Wednesday night—one of his first since leaving office—the former commander-in-chief said he is weighing his […]
Former President Donald Trump released a statement, basically throwing down the gauntlet by calling Mitch McConnell a “dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack” who is responsible for his party’s devastating loss of the Senate. He then went on to note that Mitch McConnell cannot be trusted on China because of his family’s ties to the […]
Texas is freezing and some homes are still without power. NTD brings you the latest on what is coming next and why it happened. Parler is up and running again, and thanks to new servers it’s no longer beholden to Amazon. A major Australian media company has signed a deal with Google. The tech giant […]
An executive with Parler, a social media platform favored by conservatives, said Monday that it will resume service with new management—coming about a month after Amazon Web Services removed its service from its servers.
The social media platform Parler no longer has a CEO. Former Parler head John Matze announced his termination by the board, but not everyone agrees on why it happened. Representative Liz Cheney will stay on as the third most powerful House Republican. She faced off with her pro-Trump colleagues last night over accusations she made […]
The Pentagon has ousted Trump appointees. And in other news, the social media app Parler has removed Matze as the CEO. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp we’ll be discussing these stories and others, and answering questions from the audience. These stories and more in this episode of Crossroads. Crossroads is an […]
Alternative social media platform Parler was denied a case over hosting of its online services. This comes after a wave of de-platforming alternatives to Twitter. Google and Apple were the first tech giants to ban the Twitter alternative from their app store. But Apple expressed willingness to let Parler back if it changed its content […]
